Director/Sr. Director, Program Management

What if you could join a rapidly growing company and play a critical role in bringing new medicines to patients through looking at and treating disease in a revolutionary way?

What this position is all about: Cellarity is seeking an experienced, talented and highly motivated Director/Sr. Director, Program Management to play a vital role in the company’s efforts to progress small molecule lead candidates through IND and into clinical trials. The candidate will be responsible for providing strong leadership, organization, risk identification, tracking and mitigation and expertise to support cross-functional teams to execute on program deliverables required to meet the goals of the organization. The successful candidate will work closely with team members across Cellarity and external partners to rapidly advance programs. S/he will be comfortable working in and contributing to a highly dynamic and cross-functional team environment.

What you would be responsible for:

• Provide high quality program management to an innovative portfolio of advanced stage drug discovery programs from Drug Candidate nomination through early phase clinical development
• Work closely with Program Leads (PLs) to support team and sub team meetings, information flow and communication, identification, discussion and mitigation of opportunities and risks to program objectives, timelines and budget.
• Possessing a comprehensive understanding of the drug discovery and clinical development process this individual will support program teams’ key scientific questions, strategy and objectives into optimal cross-functional plans, timelines and budgets.
• Proactively identify, track, actively help mitigate and appropriately communicate program risks.
• Develop acceleration opportunities for various milestones, risk/benefit assessments, and risk mitigation plans.
• Ensure all decisions made on the program are assessed as to their impact.
• Work closely with Finance, the Program Lead and the cross-functional program teams to establish program related budgets and resourcing plans. Is accountable to monitor plans and ensure programs have the required resources and budget.
• Interface with and drive collaboration between the various teams at Cellarity: Medicinal Chemistry, Biology, CMC, Drug Product, Clinical Development (DMPK, Preclinical Drug Safety, Clinical Pharmacology, Medicine, Regulatory, ClinOps) and with the Cellarity Leadership Team.
• Ensure efficient and effective communications of program related information to all levels of the organization.

What experiences will you need:

• BS/MS degree or higher in a scientific discipline, ideally life science or chemistry
• 10+ years relevant Project Management experience in biotech drug discovery and development, as well as a comprehensive understanding of drug discovery
• PM experience on 5+ pre-clinical and clinical stage programs, highly preferred experience transitioning programs into clinic
• Scientific curiosity and passion for discovering new, innovative medicines.
• Proven track record in driving successful, collaborative drug discovery teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with time management/tracking, using timeline management programs (Smartsheet, ThinkCell etc.).

Preferred Qualifications: 

• PMP certification

What it’s like to work at Cellarity

At Cellarity, we

• Push Boundaries: We create a legacy with breakthrough science in service of patients.
• Inject Energy: We build strengths from different perspectives and tell it like it is
• Own it: We transcend our job descriptions and relentlessly follow through on our commitments.
• Go all out: We work quickly and with conviction.

Company Summary: Cellarity’s mission is to fundamentally redesign the way drugs are created for the sake of bringing new hope to patients.  By shifting the focus from a single target to the underlying cellular dysfunction, we unravel the complexity of disease biology and create medicines that were never before possible. The company has developed unique capabilities that link biology and chemistry with high dimensional -omic data from which we design medicines against the cellular signature of disease. The Cellarity platform allows us to uncover new biology in diseases even in the absence of known causal targets. The company has drug discovery programs underway in several disease areas, including metabolic disease, hematology, and immunology. 

Cellarity is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Cellarity does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Cellarity or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Cellarity’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Cellarity, and Cellarity will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.